release
/rɪˈlis/ v [T] (MAKE FREE)Definition
› to give freedom to someone: Agents questioned the men, then released them because they had done nothing wrong. › If you release a device, you move it from a locked position and allow it to move freely: She released the brake and the car rolled forward.
(Definition of release v (MAKE FREE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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